[1] Karagounis started his professional career in 2008 with Fokikos, making 30 appearances in the Football League 2 and scoring 4 goals.
[4] Thanasis only made 2 appearances in Atromitos' way to the final, one as a starter against Anagennisi Giannitsa for the fourth phase[5] and one as a substitute against Diagoras for the second leg of the quarter-finals.
[11] After a very difficult year for the midfielder marred by injury (363 days to be exact), Karagounis returned to action in a 4–1 away win game against DVS '33 for the 2016–17 KNVB Cup.
[12] On 2 October 2016, he made his reappearance in the championship as a late substitute in a 2–1 home win against ADO Den Haag.
Although he shares the same surname as Giorgos Karagounis, the former captain of Greece, it was revealed at a joint interview of both players that they are not related.